The Mercury General cash flow statement helps investors understand how well the company is managing its cash flows. While its important to look at the Mercury General debt position, the cash flow statement becomes equally important because public companies use accrual accounting. For example, if a company sells a product which gets counted as Mercury General revenue but does not convert to cash because it does not receive payment in the same quarter, it affects the cash position for that period. This statement can tell if a company is running out of money while still being profitable and is useful in Mercury General stock analysis. Mercury General had a positive net income cash flow of $144.88M till this quarter of 2017 Q4. This report is very useful in measuring the short term viability of a company. Mercury General saw a outflow of $-185.6M from investing activities till 2017 Q4.

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Mercury General had a Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents of $71.1M in the latest quarter 2017 Q4. If a firm is able to grow its cash, it is considered to be a positive signal and could lead to a jump in the Mercury General stock price, albeit too much cash on hand can imply the company has no or limited avenues for growth in which to invest this cash.

Mercury General increased its cash from operating activities to $341.41M till 2017 Q4. Operating activities include production of goods or creating a product or providing a service, and collecting payment for the same from customers. The cash generated from these activities is refered to as cash flow from operating activities.

Cash Flow from investment activities: This includes buying/selling of land and equipment, acquisitions and mergers, sell-off, investment in other companies like buying bonds, stocks etc., and was $-185.6M for MCY till last quarter 2017 Q4 report.

Cash Flow from financing activities: The cash inflow/outflow from financing activities was $-84.71M for Mercury General. The money accounted for under this head comes from external sources which includes lenders, investors and shareholders. Positive cash flow is generated when the company gets cash because of issuance of stocks or bonds. Similarly negative cash flow is generated when shares are repurchased, dividend payments are made, and loans or interest on loans are paid back.

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